Cool Down

Bernard Purdie & Friends – Cool Down

Bernard “Pretty” Purdie – the self-proclaimed “Most Recorded Drummer in History” – new album, Cool Down is his first release of original music in nearly a decade and features the legendary Bernard Purdie alongside modern funk, soul and jazz masterminds Ivan Neville, Pete Shand, and Brian J. Special guests include three inimitable vocalists: Cyril Neville (The Meters, Neville Brothers), Anthony Cole, and Mayteana Morales (Pimps of Joytime).

Ranked among the “Top 20 Drummers of All Time” by Rolling Stone Magazine and inducted into Modern Drummer‘s “Hall of Fame,” Purdie’s idiosyncratic drum work can be heard on a staggering number of classic albums produced by artists such as The Beatles, James Brown, Nina Simone, B.B. King, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Hall & Oates and Steely Dan. His drum patterns, a unique merger of urban swagger and loose Southern funk, have all but defined early hip-hop.

Cool Down takes the metropolitan sound of East Coast funk and intermingles it with New Orleans rhythms. Cool Down, Elevate and Keep on Shining are grooves that fans of The Meters and Funkadelic would come to expect Purdie to record with his fresh new band. The early 70’s-esque standout single Deep in Love featuring Brooklyn’s own Mayteana Morales is destined to become an instant classic.

Cool Down keeps true to its funk roots with standout instrumental numbers Shand Stand, Money Bags and The Golden Tie. And with Purdie straight on the beat and sparse as can be, Stranded elevates the blues tradition to historical proportions with Cyril Neville singing his heart out while Ivan Neville supports on Hammond B3.

On Cool Down, Purdie brings the same vibrancy and spontaneity that embodies the best work of his famed career. With his new core band and standout special guests … Cool Down marks one of 2018’s singular soul & jazz albums.